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VAN BUREN COUNTY .38
LOYAL CRANE.
Loyal Crane was born in Mentz, Cayuga county, New York, April 14, 1813, and died in Paw Paw, February 12, 1885, reaching the ripe age of seventy-two years. He was the third of five children forming the family of James Crane, one of the pioneer citizens of this place. In October, 1834, he was married to Sally A. DeGraff, sister of our esteemed citizen, Martin DeGraff, of this town. As a true helper, as a faithful and loving wife and mother, and gaining the esteem of all with whom she
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